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Sword Art Online

Kirigaya Kazuto, known online as Kirito, is one of ten thousand players who joined the newly released virtual reality massively multiplayer role playing game, Sword Art Online, on its opening day. Unfortunately for Kirito and his fellow gamers, the creators decided to disable the log out button and lock players in the game indefinitely. Now what started as an afternoon exploring a new game has turned into a fight for survival as the stakes have been raised. A death in Sword Art Online means death in the real world, due to a player’s brain being connected to external hardware to emulate a full virtual reality, known as Nerve Gear. The only way out is to clear all 100 levels of the game, but do these players have what it takes to get out in one piece?

Sentai Filmworks Licenses “Shining Hearts”

Sentai Filmworks’ is proud to announce its newest acquisition: Shining Hearts. Based on the best selling Sega game, this 12 episode series is directed and written by Itsuro Kawasaki and features character designs by Keita Matsumoto and music by Hiroki Kikuta.

New Simulcast Titles for Spring 2013 Announced on Crunchyroll!

Now that the Winter 2013 season of anime has ended, let the Spring 2013 season begin! With a new season comes a slew of new simulcast titles to join the Crunchyroll family.

Viz Media Releases Weekly Shonen Jump App for iPads

Viz Media Unveils New iPad app, Weekly Shonen Jump with Expanded Access To North America’s Popular Weekly Digital Manga Anthology Featuring The Latest Chapters Released The Same Day As Japan

Oreshura

Eita has entered his first year of high school ready to work hard to gain admission to a good medical school. Discarding the notion of love following his parents’ divorce and abandonment of him, Eita reaches the top of his class without distractions and is well on his way to achieving his goals… until the silver-haired Masuzu appears, that is. She gets possession of Eita’s personal diary and uses it as blackmail to make him her faux boyfriend in order to avoid the constant grief of the entire school asking her out. Unfortunately, this does not sit well with Chiwa, Eita’s childhood friend, who does everything in her power to keep him to herself. So much for simply focusing on his studies – high school for Eita just got a lot more complicated.

A Peek into the World Cosplay Summit 2013 National Finals

Results of the 2013 World Cosplay Summit Nationals Round held at Anime Matsuri 2013 in Houston Texas via Live Stream.

Cosplayer Spotlight #04: ShadowGlaive Cosplay

My name is Chris White, but I’m also known as ShadowGlaive. I am a gamer, and a Cosplayer who lives in Southern California with a passion for all things geeky, nerdy, or just plain awesome. I started Cosplaying in 2010 for Anime Expo. I ended up throwing together a pretty bad closet Cosplay somewhat resembling Kakashi from Naruto XD.

Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagaan by Drake

Simon is a simple driller, mining away underground, content with living his life like the rest of humanity, hiding from the oppressive Beastmen that rule the surface world. Kamina is a passionate young man who yearns for something more, and who knows that he is destined for greatness. Both of their lives are turned upside down when Simon discovers a small drill in the ground…

Aniplex Releasing New Limited Edition DVD/Blu-rays for Gurren Lagaan

Recently at their industry panel at Sakura con in Seattle, Aniplex of America Inc. announced that the Gurren Lagann TV Series will be released in a Limited Edition DVD Box Set and will be available through anime distributor RightStuf.com and official retailers (http://aniplexusa.com/retailers/). This will be the first time that Gurren Lagann will be released in a complete DVD set with bonus features and collector’s extras. Pre-orders for both sets begin on April 1st.

Aniplex Acquires Valvrave the Liberator!

Recently at their industry panel at Sakura-con in Seattle, Aniplex of America Inc. announced the acquisition of Valvrave the Liberator, created by Sunrise studio (Cowboy Bebop, Mobile Suit Gundam), and that the series will be streaming online. Valvrave the Liberator will be available one day after its initial airing in Japan.